Epicenter
Sorcery
Target player sacrifices a land of their choice.
Threshold — Each player sacrifices all lands they control instead if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $3.26
- EDHREC rank
- #15906
Epicenter wipes every land off the table — your opponents' included — for five mana and the cost of discarding your hand. That's a nuclear reset button, and it earns its slot precisely because Zo-Zu the Punisher turns every subsequent land drop into a damage trigger, making the rebuild phase one-sided.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zo-Zu the Punisher
Zo-Zu the Punisher is the obvious home: after Epicenter clears the board, every player scrambles to replay lands, and Zo-Zu taxes each one with two damage, converting the rebuild race into a death march for everyone except you.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Epicenter is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — formats where symmetrical land destruction is either a political nuke or a combo enabler rather than a strict tempo play. In Commander it sees the most meaningful use, pairing with punisher effects and landfall-punishment strategies that exploit the mass rebuild. Legacy and Vintage have faster, cheaper disruption and rarely need a five-mana sorcery to clear lands, so Epicenter sits on the fringe there. Oathbreaker follows Commander logic — if your signature spell cares about land drops or enters-the-battlefield triggers, Epicenter can set up a dominant turn.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.26 cheap tier
At $3.26, Epicenter sits in the cheap tier for a card with this kind of board impact — mass land destruction effects at this power level routinely cost more. It's a narrow card with a dedicated audience, so the price is stable rather than climbing, but it's unlikely to drop further given how few printings exist.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.